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‘DOMINANT ON THE RIVER’: 32 CHUNK CROWNED CHAMPION IN ‘BIGGEST FAT BEAR WEEK YET’

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✍️ 32 Chunk, a brown bear with a broken jaw, won the Fat Bear Week competition at Katmai National Park in Alaska, despite suffering from an injury that left him unable to fish.

👉 32 Chunk won the Fat Bear Week competition despite having a broken jaw 👉 Chunk's ability to eat huge quantities of salmon and grow fat despite his injury led him to victory 👉 The competition has become a popular event, attracting over 1.5 million public votes this year 👉 Chunk's weight was estimated at 1,200 pounds by contest organizers

-- #AshleighMonaco #MikeFitz #NaomiBoak #KatmaiNationalPark #Alaska #BrooksRiver #environment

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CHUNK, A 1,200-POUND BEAR WITH A BROKEN JAW, WINS ALASKA'S POPULAR FAT BEAR WEEK CONTEST

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✍️ Chunk, a 1,200-pound brown bear with a broken jaw, won the Fat Bear Week contest for the first time after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.

👉 Chunk won the Fat Bear Week contest for the first time after three previous years of narrowly finishing in second place. 👉 The contest attracted over 1.5 million votes from fans who watched the bears gorge on a record run of fall salmon. 👉 Chunk's weight was estimated at 1,200 pounds based on density scans using laser technology. 👉 The contest aims to inform the public about brown bears and their behavior during the summer months.

-- #MikeFitz #NaomiBoak #SarahBruce #Attanasio #Anchorage #Alaska #KatmaiNationalParkandPreserve #BrooksRiver #BrooksFalls #Seattle #environment

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Mike Fitz Naomi Boak Sarah Bruce Attanasio Anchorage Alaska Katmai National Park and Preserve Brooks River

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'GO BIG OR GO HOME!' VOTING OPENS IN FAT BEAR WEEK

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✍️ The annual Fat Bear Week competition is back, pitting bears in Alaska against each other to determine who is the fattest and best prepared for winter hibernation.

👉 The competition is held annually to determine who is the fattest and best prepared for winter hibernation. 👉 The bears are monitored through live webcams at Katmai National Park. 👉 The contest is organized by explore.org, the National Park Service, and the Katmai Conservancy. 👉 The competition has grown from a one-day event with 1,700 votes in 2014 to a global event with millions of viewers.

-- #CharlieAnnenberg #MikeFitz #Alaska #KatmaiNationalPark #BrooksRiver #environment

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MEET THE 2025 FAT BEAR WEEK CONTENDERS

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✍️ The Fat Bear Week 2025 contest has begun, where 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are competing for the title of fattest bear. The contest highlights the bears' preparation for hibernation and allows people to vote online.

👉 12 bears are competing for the title of fattest bear 👉 The contest highlights the bears' preparation for hibernation 👉 People can vote online between September 23 and 30 👉 The bears can pack on as much as 700 pounds as they get ready to hibernate for the winter

-- #SarahBruce #MikeFitz #AshleighMonaco #NaomiBoak #ChristineLoberg #KikiIntarasuwan #KatmaiNationalParkandPreserve #Alaska #BrooksRiver #environment

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Sarah Bruce Mike Fitz Ashleigh Monaco Naomi Boak Christine Loberg Kiki Intarasuwan Katmai National Park and Preserve Alaska

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WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT FAT BEAR WEEK, AND THE BRAWNY BRUINS READY TO BATTLE FOR THE TITLE

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✍️ The annual Fat Bear Week contest is back, where people can vote for the fattest bear in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, to showcase the bears' ability to survive the harsh winter.

👉 The contest features 12 bears competing in a single-elimination tournament. 👉 Voters can view the bears on livestream cameras. 👉 The contest aims to showcase the bears' ability to survive the harsh winter by gorging on salmon. 👉 This year's sockeye run has been abundant, making for some especially corpulent contestants.

-- #MikeFitz #Alaska #KatmaiNationalParkandPreserve #BrooksRiver #AleutianIslands #environment

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BROWN BEAR HEAVYWEIGHT CHUNK WINS FAT BEAR WEEK DESPITE INJURY

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✍️ A 500kg brown bear named Chunk has won Fat Bear Week 2025 despite a broken jaw, impressing park rangers with his resilience.

-- #NaomiBoak #AmyHall #MikeFitz #Alaska #KatmaiNationalPark #BrooksRiver #environment

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‘DOMINANT ON THE RIVER’: 32 CHUNK CROWNED CHAMPION IN ‘BIGGEST FAT BEAR WEEK YET’

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✍️ 32 Chunk, a brown bear with a broken jaw, won the Fat Bear Week competition at Katmai National Park in Alaska, despite suffering from an injury that left him unable to fish.

-- #AshleighMonaco #MikeFitz #NaomiBoak #KatmaiNationalPark #Alaska #BrooksRiver #environment

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CHUNK, A 1,200-POUND BEAR WITH A BROKEN JAW, WINS ALASKA'S POPULAR FAT BEAR WEEK CONTEST

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✍️ Chunk, a 1,200-pound brown bear with a broken jaw, won the Fat Bear Week contest for the first time after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.

-- #MikeFitz #NaomiBoak #SarahBruce #Attanasio #Anchorage #Alaska #KatmaiNationalParkandPreserve #BrooksRiver #BrooksFalls #Seattle #environment

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'GO BIG OR GO HOME!' VOTING OPENS IN FAT BEAR WEEK

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✍️ The annual Fat Bear Week competition is back, pitting bears in Alaska against each other to determine who is the fattest and best prepared for winter hibernation.

-- #CharlieAnnenberg #MikeFitz #Alaska #KatmaiNationalPark #BrooksRiver #environment

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MEET THE 2025 FAT BEAR WEEK CONTENDERS

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✍️ The Fat Bear Week 2025 contest has begun, where 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are competing for the title of fattest bear. The contest highlights the bears' preparation for hibernation and allows people to vote online.

-- #SarahBruce #MikeFitz #AshleighMonaco #NaomiBoak #ChristineLoberg #KikiIntarasuwan #KatmaiNationalParkandPreserve #Alaska #BrooksRiver #environment

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